Detection of Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Healthcare Center from Maracaibo city, Venezuela

• Main Authors: Armindo Perozo Mena (Author), Marín Milagros (Author), Maribel Castellano (Author), Eliana Ling Toledo (Author), Daniela Núñez (Author), Messaria Ginestre (Author), Jessica Villasmil (Author), José Bermúdez-González (Author), Rafael Villalobos (Author), Liliana Gómez-Gamboa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The high incidence of the infectious diseases and the antimicrobial resistance arise represent a public health threat today. The extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae are an example of this phenomenon. We determined the ESBL-production in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from...